On Jan. 1, 1925, astronomer Edwin Hubble completely changed the way we view the universe and our place in it. The discovery came from peering through what was then the world’s largest telescope, ...

Astronomers are sounding alarm bells as the world's most precious sky-observing location faces a risk of being blinded by light pollution due to a planned renewable energy project. The U.S. energy ...

On a mountaintop in northern Chile, the world’s largest digital camera is preparing to power up. Its mission is simple yet ambitious — to photograph the entire night sky in extreme detail and unlock ...

India has unveiled plans to build two new optical-infrared telescopes and a dedicated solar telescope in the Himalayan desert ...

On Monday, June 23, scientists revealed the first images captured by the world's most powerful telescope and largest digital camera - part of the Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) - showing ...

High up in the Pinaleño Mountains, the stars of the vast Milky Way come trickling in through the lens of a solitary telescope fortress as researchers seek answers to that gnawing question: What else ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Telescopes around the world have spotted a monster radio jet streaming from a quasar dating back to the first 1 billion years of the universe. At double the width of our Milky ...

Astronomers had warned that proximity of INNA facility to telescopes would have irreparably damaged observation ...